Muntakhab al-tawarikh 54.6

54.6

orders were promulgated remitting the customary tribute of grain in all provinces, in fact they were entirely abolished. From thence he came to the township of Saran, and divided that district among his own followers in perpetuity, and came by way of Mahligarh to Jaunpur, and having spent six months there proceeded to Panna. And in the year 901 H. (1495 A.D.) he invaded the territory of Panna, as far as Bandhugarh, which is a famous fortress, plundering and taking prisoners, but being unable to take the fortress on account of its strength, went to Jaunpur where he remained. In the meanwhile a quarrel had arisen among some of his Amirs during a game of chaugan, and at last it ended in an open fight, and the Sultan becoming suspicious of the Amirs, gave orders that some armed and trusty guards should attend him every night, which was accordingly done. The majority of the disaffected and disappointed Amirs urged Fath Khan the son of Sultan Buhlul to seize the empire. He in his simplicity communicated this secret to his mother, and also to Shaikh Tahir, and a party who were among the confidants of the Sultan, at the same time giving them a memorandum containing the names of those confederate Amirs. The party above mentioned diverted him from that insane idea with friendly admonition.